By the end of the 1940s, NACE had five regions, 17 sections, and more than 1,700 members. The South Central and Western Regions were established in 1946, followed by the Southeast and North Central Regions in 1947. In 1946, the Houston Section was the first section formed and association membership grew to 801. In 1945, with 268 members, NACE was officially incorporated under Texas law as a not-for-profit technical association.
The first officers to lead the fledgling organization were President R.A. On October 9, 1943, 11 corrosion engineers agreed to found this endeavor, and the National Association of Corrosion Engineers (N.A.C.E.) was born.
Members of this section quickly determined the value of forming a separate association dedicated specifically to corrosion and its control. In 1940, the Petroleum Industry Electrical Association (PIEA) offered to sponsor the work of this group, which then became the PIEA Cathodic Section. This led to the formation of the Houston, Texas-based Mid-Continent Cathodic Protection Association in 1938. It soon became apparent that a dedicated organization was needed to serve as a clearinghouse for information about underground operations and to establish standard procedures for installing and maintaining CP systems. This generated well-founded concern about possible damage to adjacent structures from stray current. By the 1930s, however, significant strides in corrosion mitigation had been achieved and CP had come into widespread use to control corrosion on underground pipelines. NACE Founded in 1943Īt the beginning of the 20th Century, little was known about the science of corrosion control. As it has in the past, NACE continues to advance education and training, technical discussions, and standards development and advocate corrosion control as part of its mission to equip society to protect people, assets, and the environment from the adverse effects of corrosion.
Next year the association celebrates its Diamond Anniversary, a milestone made possible by the knowledge, expertise, and continued support of its members from around the globe. From its beginnings as a small group of engineers focused on cathodic protection (CP) to address metal pipeline degradation, NACE has evolved into a worldwide organization that is involved in every industry and area of corrosion prevention and control, from oil and gas and water systems to marine, transportation, and infrastructure protection. As the corrosion control industry has developed and grown, NACE International established itself early on as an organization committed to controlling and preventing corrosion.
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